Fred Farrar
Fred Farrar, also known by the nickname of "The Farsley Flyer", was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Farsley ARLFC, Stanningley ARLFC, Bramley, Hunslet and Keighley, as a, i.e. number 2 or 5.Background
Fred Farrar was born in Farsley, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, he was a boot and shoe merchant.Playing career
International honours
Fred Farrar was selected for Great Britain while at Hunslet for the 1910 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand.
Fred Farrar was a reserve to travel for England against New Zealand, and had been previously complimented on his length-of-the field try for Hunslet against Leeds at Headingley Rugby Stadium by Hercules Richard "Bumper" Wright who was watching his first British rugby league match.County honours
Fred Farrar won caps for Yorkshire including against New Zealand at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Wednesday 18 December 1907, and Australia.Fred Farrar played, i.e. number 2, and scored a try in Hunslet's 14-0 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1908 Challenge Cup Final during the 1907–08 season at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield on Saturday 25 April 1908, in front of a crowd of 18,000.Fred Farrar played, i.e. number 2, in Hunslet's 17-0 victory over Halifax in the 1907 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1907–08 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 21 December 1907.Fred Farrar was a member of Hunslet's 1907–08 All Four Cups winning team.Fred Farrar appeared in an advertising campaign for Zam-Buk, a herbal balm and antiseptic ointment. It was a patent medicine produced by the Zam-Buk Company of Leeds, England.Genealogical information
Fred Farrar's marriage to Eliza was registered during third ¼ 1906 in North Bierley district. They had children; Frank S. Farrar, and Doris M. Farrar.
